Block Valuation

Is SQ undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SQ when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: SQ ($74.03) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($64.68)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SQ is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SQ?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

SQ key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA182.5x
PEG Ratio106.8x

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does SQ's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for SQ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average3.9x
PYPL PayPal Holdings
2.3x7.0%US$67.8b
FIS Fidelity National Information Services
4.2x3.6%US$41.4b
GPN Global Payments
3.4x2.9%US$32.4b
CPAY Corpay
5.9x9.0%US$22.0b
SQ Block
2.1x10.0%US$46.7b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: SQ is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x) compared to the peer average (3.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SQ's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Diversified Financial Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a15.8%
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No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a15.8%
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: SQ is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x) compared to the US Diversified Financial industry average (2.5x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SQ's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SQ PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio2.1x
Fair PS Ratio3.7x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: SQ is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SQ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$74.03
US$90.94
+22.8%
13.5%US$110.00US$40.00n/a43
Apr ’25US$81.46
US$90.00
+10.5%
13.5%US$110.00US$40.00n/a42
Mar ’25US$79.25
US$89.68
+13.2%
13.2%US$110.00US$40.00n/a44
Feb ’25US$66.67
US$80.79
+21.2%
17.4%US$100.00US$40.00n/a42
Jan ’25US$77.35
US$76.45
-1.2%
19.0%US$100.00US$40.00n/a41
Dec ’24US$65.04
US$72.19
+11.0%
19.5%US$100.00US$40.00n/a43
Nov ’24US$40.96
US$73.38
+79.2%
22.4%US$110.00US$35.00n/a43
Oct ’24US$44.26
US$81.16
+83.4%
17.3%US$110.00US$35.00n/a39
Sep ’24US$58.17
US$84.60
+45.4%
16.1%US$110.00US$34.98n/a39
Aug ’24US$78.76
US$85.69
+8.8%
20.2%US$147.00US$34.98n/a40
Jul ’24US$66.57
US$84.30
+26.6%
21.1%US$147.00US$34.98n/a39
Jun ’24US$61.50
US$86.23
+40.2%
20.8%US$147.00US$34.98n/a39
May ’24US$60.22
US$93.05
+54.5%
14.9%US$150.00US$70.00n/a38
Apr ’24US$68.65
US$94.09
+37.1%
14.2%US$150.00US$70.00US$81.4639
Mar ’24US$76.63
US$94.84
+23.8%
15.2%US$150.00US$70.00US$79.2540
Feb ’24US$83.90
US$89.14
+6.2%
20.1%US$150.00US$51.00US$66.6740
Jan ’24US$62.84
US$91.43
+45.5%
28.7%US$210.00US$51.00US$77.3542
Dec ’23US$69.17
US$92.88
+34.3%
29.8%US$210.00US$51.00US$65.0441
Nov ’23US$59.00
US$102.86
+74.3%
32.1%US$210.00US$49.00US$40.9641
Oct ’23US$54.99
US$111.05
+102.0%
27.1%US$210.00US$49.00US$44.2641
Sep ’23US$68.75
US$115.93
+68.6%
22.5%US$210.00US$75.00US$58.1741
Aug ’23US$77.81
US$118.38
+52.1%
27.1%US$210.00US$64.00US$78.7642
Jul ’23US$63.90
US$142.34
+122.8%
21.9%US$210.00US$70.00US$66.5744
Jun ’23US$81.91
US$144.84
+76.8%
20.9%US$210.00US$70.00US$61.5044
May ’23US$99.54
US$176.05
+76.9%
20.0%US$310.00US$110.00US$60.2244
Apr ’23US$133.62
US$180.88
+35.4%
20.6%US$310.00US$110.00US$68.6542

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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